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New vaccine-design approach targets HIV and other fast-mutating viruses

A team led by scientists from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) has unveiled a new technique for vaccine design that could be particularly useful against ...

HIV & AIDS created Mar 28, 2013 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Scientists pair blood test and gene sequencing to detect cancer

Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have combined the ability to detect cancer DNA in the blood with genome sequencing technology in a test that could be used to screen for cancers, monitor cancer patients ...

Cancer created Nov 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Methylome modifications offer new measure of our 'biological' age

Women live longer than men. Individuals can appear or feel years younger – or older – than their chronological age. Diseases can affect our aging process. When it comes to biology, our clocks clearly tick differently.

Medical research created Nov 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Jellyfish inspire scientists to invent a device that can detect, capture and release rare cancer cells

Tumor cells circulating in a patient's bloodstream can yield a great deal of information on how a tumor is responding to treatment and what drugs might be more effective against it. But first, these rare ...

Cancer created Nov 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New method enables sequencing of fetal genomes using only maternal blood sample

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have for the first time sequenced the genome of an unborn baby using only a blood sample from the mother.

Genetics created Jul 04, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Three new gene faults found to increase melanoma risk by 30 percent

An international team of researchers has discovered the first DNA faults linked to melanoma - the deadliest skin cancer - that are not related to hair, skin or eye colour.

Genetics created Oct 09, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds transcriptional biomarker for Huntington's disease

Huntington's disease, a devastating genetic disorder that causes degeneration of nerve cells in the brain, affects more than 15,000 Americans, and at least 150,000 are at risk of developing the disease. There is no known ...

Medical research created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

More doubt on virus, chronic fatigue connection

A study supported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services could not validate or confirm previous research findings that suggested the presence of one of several viruses in blood samples of people living with chronic ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mouse virus erroneously linked to chronic fatigue syndrome, study finds

Two years ago, a widely publicized scientific report plucked an old mouse virus out of obscurity and held it up as a possible cause of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. According to a new study published today by ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Estimates reveal low population immunity to new bird flu virus H7N9 in humans

The level of immunity to the recently circulating H7N9 influenza virus in an urban and rural population in Vietnam is very low, according to the first population level study to examine human immunity to the virus, which was ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created 17 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists create new tool for identifying powerful HIV antibodies

A team of NIH scientists has developed a new tool to identify broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) capable of preventing infection by the majority of HIV strains found around the globe, an advance that could help speed ...

HIV & AIDS created May 09, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Team develops mathematical model to measure hidden HIV

(Medical Xpress)—Scientists have long believed that measuring the amount of HIV in a person's blood is an indicator of whether the virus is actively reproducing. A University of Delaware-led research team ...

HIV & AIDS created May 08, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Competing antibodies may have limited the protection achieved in HIV vaccine trial in Thailand

Continuing analysis of an HIV vaccine trial undertaken in Thailand is yielding additional information about how immune responses were triggered and why the vaccine did not protect more people.

HIV & AIDS created May 06, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Organovo announces ability to print 3D human liver tissue

(Medical Xpress)—Organovo Holdings, Inc., a company that designs and creates functional human tissue has announced at this year's Experimental Biology Conference that it has developed a 3D printing technique ...

Medical research created Apr 24, 2013 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Third-generation device significantly improves capture of circulating tumor cells

A new system for isolating rare circulating tumor cells (CTCs) – living solid tumor cells found at low levels in the bloodstream – shows significant improvement over previously developed devices and does ...

Cancer created Apr 03, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast